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Card 16

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What equipment is used by modern astronomers to split sunlight into its component colours?

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Card 17

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Describe a stellar spectrum.

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Card 18

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What can be deduced from a stellar spectrum?

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Card 19

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What is a star's spectral type dependent upon?

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Card 20

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How are spectral types classified in the Harvard scheme?

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Card 21

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What information is most commonly plotted on a Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram?

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